HSG 8 CÓ ĐÁP ÁN

(Đề thi gồm 04 trang)

ĐỀ KHẢO SÁT HỌC SINH GIỎI NĂM HỌC 2014-2015
Môn: Tiếng Anh lớp 8
Ngày thi: 14/4/2015
Thời gian: 120 phút không kể thời gian giao đề




B. LEXICO-GRAMMAR (4.0/10)
I. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.
1. A. brotherhood B. proof C. wood D. bookbinder
2. A. timber      B. absorb      C. elbow D. climb
3. A. double B. trouble C. sound D. outwit
4. A. bad B. hat C. hate D. had
5. A. pear B. near C. fear D. rear
II. Choose the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress.
1. A. pastime B. teenager C. orchestra D. rehearse
2. A. collector     B. concert      C. furniture D. comics
3. A. living B. celebrate C. campaign D. volunteer
4. A. restaurant B. arrival C. neighbor D. general
5. A. neglect B. appointment C. remember D. hygiene
III. Choose the best option to complete each sentence.
1. Hoa works very ……… so she always gets good marks at school.
A. badly B. good C. hardly D. hard
2. This school ……… in 1997 so next year it will be rebuilt.
A. built B. is built C. was built D. has built
3. Last week I ……… my children to the biggest zoo in town.
A. took B. brought C. fetch D. got
4. Are you proud ……… your country and its tradition?
A. about B. on C. of D. for
5. Our ……… resources are limited so we should recycle all used things.
A. nature B. natural C. naturing D. naturally
6. He doesn’t enjoy ……… basketball
A. to play B. plays C. played D. playing
7. This form must have the ……… of the writer.
A. to sign B. signature C. signing D. sign.
8. Jane and Jack stood in front of the mirror and looked at ………
A. themselves B. himself C. theirselves D. herself
9. I am looking forward to ……… you soon.
A. see B. seeing C. be seeing D. be seen
10. It was raining so hard ……… we had to cancel the trip to Halong Bay last Sunday.
A. although B. because C. so D. but
IV. Find out and then correct one mistake in each line of the passage.
Nam is a student. This year he had a very interested summer
1. ………

holiday. He traveled with him classmates, to a mountainous area
2. ………

in Vinh Phuc province. They gone there to help people make a road
3. ………

through a forest among two villages. “It was very difficult
4. ………

because there had no water to drink and no shops where we
5. ………

could bought food,” said Nam. “ It was very cold and wet
6. ………

in the mountains. It is one of the wetter places in the country.”
7. ………

Nam stayed in the mountains since six weeks. It was a hard work,
8. ………

But he says it was the best thing he has ever did. He hopes to return
9. ………

next year to do any more work there.
10. ………

V. Use the correct form of the words in CAPITAL to complete each sentence.
1. We have two postal ……… a day.
(DELIVER)

2. He left the room without ……….
(EXPLAIN)

3. Playing tennis is one of his favorite ……… .
(ACT)

4. We started our trip on a beautiful ……… morning.
(SUN)

5. They left the house in a ……… mess.
(FRIGHT)

6.